Device for gathering prunes.



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DEVICE FOR GATHERING PRUNES.

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DEVICE FOR GATHERING PRUNES.

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No. 654,399.- Pitonted July 24,1900.

0. S. &. M. T. HOOVER. DEVICE FOR, GATHERING PBUNES.

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OLIVER STANTON I-IoovER, oEsrANEoRD UNIvERsrrY, AND MORRIS TALLY I-IoovR, or MOUNT vIEw, CALIFORNIA.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters IEatent No. 654,399, dated July24, 1960.

"Serial No. 727,390. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, OLIVER STANTON HOOVER, of Stanford University, andMO RIS TALLY HOOVER, of Mount View, in the county of Santa Clara andStateof California, have invented a new and Improved Device forGathering Prunes, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

One object of the invention is to provide a durable and economic machineadapted for gathering prunes from the ground after they have fallen fromthe tree, which result is accomplished through the medium of atmosphericpressure suitably applied.

A further object of the invention is to provide a machine of thecharacter set forth that may be attached to a Wagoner to anyvehiclecapable of being drawn along under the trees.

Another object of the invention is to provide a machine for gatheringprunes from the ground which will adapt itself to uneven surfaces andwill convey the gathered prunes to a suitable receptacle, from which thefruit is delivered to a box. or other device for storage purposes.

A further object of the invention is to so construct the machine that itwill be automatic in its action with the exception of the pump that isadapted to supply air under pressure and create suction in thefruitgathering portion of the machine, It will, however, be understoodthat a motor may be providedfor the pump and othermechanically-controlled mechanism be used in connection' with themachine.

Theinvention consistsin the novelconstruction and combination ofthe'several parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointedout in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in whichsimilar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

' Figure 1 is a side elevation of the improved machine; Fig. 2 is a planview of the same. Fig. 3 is a detail side elevation of thegathering-head of the machine, illustrating the prunes as received upona screen and in position to'be delivered from the machine. Fig.

4 is an enlarged vertical section through a portion of thegathering-head of the machine.

Fig. 5 is a section through the valved portion of the tube adapted toconduct air under pressure to the gathering-head. Fig. 6 is a sectionalView through the valved portion of the suction or vacuum pipe adaptedfor connection with the gathering-head, and Fig. 7 is a longitudinalsection through the air-compressing and vacuum device employed inconnection with the machine.

, The device may be attached to a wagonbody A or its equivalent, and theattachment is made through the mediumof an articulated beam B, whichconstitutes the body of the frame of the machine. This articulated beamBis usually made in two sections connect-ed by a suitable pivot 10, andthe inner section is attached by a pivot-pin 11 or its equivalent to thewagon-body A. The construction of the frame is completed by securing tothe main section of the articulated beam 13 at each side an upwardlyextending truss 12, usually braced by longitudinal intermediate beams19, as shown in Fig. 1. A gathering-head O is located at the outer endof the articulated beam 13, and this gathering-head O is attached to anupright 13, held to slide in said beam B and also preferably in a hollowbracket 14, secured to the said beam, as is also shown in Fig. 1. Theupright 13 is provided with two or more transverse openings 15 and 15*,either of which openings is adapted to receive a spring-controlled bolt16, located at the upper portion of the beam B, so that thegatheringhead may be securely held in an upper or in a lower position,as may be found necessary. The bolt 16 is connected with a rod 17, andthis rod in its turn is pivotally connected with alever 18, fulcrumedupon a beam 19, forming a portion of one of the sides 12 of the frame,as shown in Fig. 1, and'this lever 18 is operated automatically in amanner that will be hereinafter set forth.

The upright of the gathering-head Cis preferably raised and loweredthrough the medium of a pitman 20, having a crank-arm 21, that extendsthrough a longitudinal slot 21 in the upper portion of the upright 13,as shown in Fig. 1, and this pitman is connected by a wrist-pin 22 witha sprocket-wheel .23 or its equivalent, suitably journaled upon an upperextension 24. of the bracket 14. It may be here remarked that the bolt16 is located within the bracket 14 and is thus protected from theweather. The sprocket-wheel 23 is driven by means of a driving mechanismthat will be shortly described in detail, and the downward movement ofthe upright 13 is limited by a collar 25, secured to said upright andwhich engages with the upper surface of the bracket 14.

The gathering-head C is of substantially box-like construction and isshown as rectangular in the drawings; but it may be given any otherdesired shape. In the construction of the gathering-head O a centralchamber 26 is provided and an upper chamber or duct 27, the upperchamber or duct 27 being provided with a nipple 28 at its top and withanother nipple 29 at one end, the other end of said duct or chamber 27being closed. At the bottom portion of said gathering-head O a secondduct or chamber 30 is formed parallel with the upper chamber 27, andthis lower duct or chamber 30 is provided with a nipple 31 at one endand .is closed at the opposite end. A series of tubes 32, preferably ofmetal, extends through the central chamber 26, connecting with the upperand lower ducts Q27 and 30, and at the upper end of each tube 32 ascreen 33 is preferably located. Metaltubes 34 of smaller diameter aresecured in the bottom of the gathering-head in vertical alinemeut withthe main tubes 32, and nipples 35, preferably of rubber, are fitted tothe lower tubes 34 at their lower or projecting ends, the lower portionsof said nipples 35 being open.

A gathering-tube 36 is located in each of the main tubes 32, and thegathering-tubes are of less diameter than the main tubes 32. Saidgathering-tubes'36 extend down through the lower guide -tubes 34, movingsnugly therein and'out beyond the lower ends of the nipples 35, thelower ends of said nipples 35 closely hugging the said gatheringtubes,while'at the lower end of each gathering-tube 36 an elastic sleeve 37 issecured, and each sleeve carries a nozzle. Each nozzle prefer, ablyconsists of an outer metal tube 38, an inner thimble 40, and a strip orpiece of linen 39 or a like material, that practically closes the,nozzle near its lower end and is held in place by the thimble and outertube 38 of the nozzle, as shown best in Fig. 4. Each gatherin tube 36 ispractically closed at its upper'end, except that each of said tubes isprovided with an aperture 43 at its upper end, and the upper end'portionof each gatheringtube is connected by a cord or wire 41 or itsequivalent with a piston-head 42, that is closely fitted to the innerdiameter of the main tube 32, in which the gathering-tube is placed. Thetubes are adapted to be raised and lowered pneumatically,as will behereinafter described, and will accommodate themselves to anyinequalities of the ground, as shown in Fig. 1,, and the nozzle portionof each of the gathering-tubes extending from the gathering-head isadapted to attract and retain any fruit with which it may contact byreason of a vacuum or suction suitably applied to said gathering-tubes.

Each gathering tube preferably extends downward through a wire net orgauze 46, properly supported at the bottom portion of thegathering-head, as shown in Fig. 3. This gauze serves to guide the lowerends of the gathering-tubes and at the same time prevents any materialfrom packing between the tubes to a great extent, and the screenfurthermore acts to hold the tubes 36 steady, as will be hereinafter setforth. Each gathering-tube is provided with what we term a float-valve44, and each float-valve is provided with a disk 45, attached to itsupper end, in order that it may be more susceptible to attraction by avacuum and in order that the upper end of the valve may better close theopening 43 in the upper end of the gathering-tube in which it islocated.The valves 44 and disks 45 are of such diameter that they freely moveWithin the gatheringetubes, and usually the valves are elongated and aremadeof wood.

In Fig. 7 an improved pump for com-press. ing air and for creating asuction or vacuum is illustrated in section. This pump consists of asuction or vacuum cylinder D, an aircompressing cylinder E, and astorage cyliuder or chamber F for compressed air, and the entire pump isadapted to be placed in the vehicle-body A or other instrumentality em.-ployed to carry the machine.

The suction or vacuum cylinder D is pro vided with a head at each of itsends, and in one head two tubes 47 and 47 are located, and above saidtubes a valve 48 is placed opening outwardly. -A piston 50 is held toslide in the suction or vacuum cylinder D, and another piston 51 is heldto slide in the compressing-cylinder E, and when the piston in thecompressing-cylinder is at the end nearest the vacuum-cylinder thepiston in the vacuum-cylinder is at a point about central of the same,These two pistons 50 and 51 are connected by a rod 52, which may extendthrough a suitable gland 53 in what may be termed the inner head of thevacuum. or

suction cylinder, and the said rod 52 is pro-.

vided with a series of teeth 54 upon its under surface adapted to beengaged by the teeth of a pinion 55, operated through the medium of ahand-lever 56 or its equivalent.

One end of the air-compressing cylinder E is open, While the other endis closed. The closed end of the air-compressing cylinder is providedwith an inwardly-opening valve 57, as is also shown in Fig. 7, and apipe 58 extends from the storage-cylinder F'into thecompressing-cylinder E, being provided with a bend withinthecompressing-cylinder, and in the bottom of the bent portion of said pipe58 an upwardly-extending valve 59 is located. The storage-cylinder F,which is closed at both ends, is provided at one of its ends with anoutlet-tube 60. The outlet-tube of the storage-cylinder F receives oneend of a pipe 61, that is adapted to carry thecompressed air into theupper portion of the gatheringhead G, the said pipe 61 being connectedwith the thimble 28 at the top portion of said gathering-head. This pipe61 is provided with a Valve 62, and said valve is adapted to beautomatically opened and closed. To that end the plug of the valve, asshown in Fig. 5, is provided with a stem 63, which stem receives a shaft64, on which a bevel-pinion 65 is secured, the said shaft being mountedto turn in a suitable bearing 65, secured to an upright 66, as is shownalso in Fig. 5. A pipe 67, adapted to create a vacuum or produce suctionin the gathering-head, is connected with the tube 4:7 extending from thesuction or vacuum cylinder D. This tube 67 is connected, through themedium of the nipple 31, with the main chamber'or duct 30 in thegathering-head O. The said pipe 67 is provided with a valve 79, as shownin Fig. 1, the plug of which has a handle 80 attached thereto, thehandle being at an angle to the plug, as illustrated in Fig. 1. A secondvacuum or suction pipe 68 is connected with the suction or vacuumcylinder D through the medium of the extension 47, and this pipe 68 isconnected with the upper duct or chamber 27 of the gathering-headthrough the medium of the nipple 29. The pipe 68 is provided with avalve 69, (shown in detail in Fig. 6,) and the plug of this valve 69 isprovided with a stem which is connected with a shaft 70, journaled atone end in a bearing 71, attached to an upright 72, as shown in Figs. 1and 6, and said shaft is provided between its ends with a crank-arm 73.The. said shaft 70 at its opposite end carries a bevel-gear 75,corresponding to the gear 65 of the valve 62 heretofore described. Theend of the shaft 70 at which the gear is placed is preferably journaledin a second bearing 76. (Shown in Fig. 6.) A link 77 is carried by thecrank 73, and this link at its outer end has a head 78 formed thereon,through which one end of a rod 82 is free to pass. This rod 82 isprovided with a projection 81, usually of conical shape, as shown inFig. l, and this projection when the rod 82 is carried in direc tion ofthe crank-arm engages with the handle of the valve 79 in the pipe 67 andopens the said valve, taking the handle 80 in the path of the head 78 ofthe link 77, so that as the shaft 70 continues to revolve the head 78 ofthe link 77 is brought in engagement with the handle 8O, restoring thehandle to its for- :mer position, closing the said valve 79simultaneously, with the valve 69 being opened. The valves 62 and 69 areintended to make each a half-turn, while the valve 79' makes only aquarter-turn, which it makes, in one sense,when it opens, and, in theopposite sense, when it closes. The rod 82 is likewise journaled in abearing 83 on the upright or standard 66, and a spring 84 is soconnected with the rod 82 as to exert pressure in a direction to openthe valve 79 by bringing the projection 81 violently against the handle80 of the valve; but the rod 82 is normally held from engaging with thehandle 80 of the valve 79 by a projection 85 on the said rod 82 engagingwith a latch 86 on a lever 87, which lever is fulcrumed. upon a side ofthe frame, as shown in Fig. 1, and is held in its locking position by asuitably-applied spring 88. The rod 82 does not leave the head 78 of thelink 77, because when the link moves in a direction which would tend todisengage the rod 82 the spring 84 acts to place the rod in position toopen the valve 69, and consequently the free end of the rod 82 is madeto extend some distance beyond the head of the link 77, insuring the rodremaining carried by the head of the link during all movements thereof.

The valve 69 is automatically or mechanically operated through themedium of a bevelgear 89, provided with a toothed segment 89 upon itsfiat or plain face, and this toothed segment is adapted to engage withthe bevelpinion 75, and said toothed segment 89 on the gear 89 is ofsuch length that it will give the plug of the valve 69 a half-turn, thusopening and closing the said valve. The gear 89 meshes with a largemutilated driving-gear 90, mounted on a shaft journaled in suitablebearings on the sides of the frame, and this driving-gear 90 is operatedusually through the medium of a handle 91. The driving-gear 9Oalternately meshes with the gear 89 and with a similar gear 93, whichgear 93 is provided upon one of its faces with a mutilated section 94,adapted to engage with the pinion 65, connect ed with the plug of thevalve 62, and when the mutilated section of the gear 93 is operating thevalve 62 the mutilated section of the gear 89 is out of engagement withthe pinion connected wit-l1 the valve 69. A pulley 95 is mounted on thesame shaft as the gear 93, as shown in Fig. 3, and this pulley isconnected by a belt 96 with the gear or pulley 23, utilized to assist inraising and lowering the gathering-head. The pulley 95 is provided withtwo transversely-aliuing pins 97, and either of these pins'is adapted toengage'with the lever 18 for the purpose of withdrawing the bolt 16 fromthe upright of the gatheringhead when the said head is to be raised orlowered, and a third pin 98 is carried by the gear 93 and is adapted atproper time to engage with the lever 87 and release the rod 82 from thecatch 86, carried by said lever, and permit the projection 81 onthe rodto open the valve 7 9.

A guide G is located below and at each side of the gathering-head O. Theguides are duplicates and are rigidly attached to the frame by suitablesupports 99. Each guide is pro vided upon its inner face with a lowerlongitudinal groove 100, an upper longitudinal groove 101, a connectingangular groove 102 at the rear,across which a gravity-latch 103 isplaced, and a forward connecting-groove ICO 104:, theforwardconnecting-groove extend ing upward beyond the plane of the upperlongitudinal groove 101. A screen 105 is adapted to travel in thegrooves of the guides G, and at the rear end of the said screen a brush106 is located. The latch 103 acts as a switch and prevents the brushand screen from being withdrawn at the same elevation at which they werepushed under the gathering-head. The said screen is connected with a bar107, held to slide in a hanger 108, projected downward from the frame,the rod 107 usually engaging with a friction-roller 109 in the saidhanger. The forward end of the rod 107 is provided with a longitudinalslot 108 through which a pin 109 is passed, which pin is likewise passedthrough an arm 110, which is pivoted at its upper end to the upperportion of the frame of the machine, as shown in Fig. 1. The arm 110 ismoved backward and forward, so as to carry the screen and brush backwardand forward between the guides G throughthe medium of a link 111,pivotally attached to the said arm and to a wrist-pin located on apulley 112, which pulley is driven by a belt 113, that is carried over asecond pulley 114, attached to the gear 89. When the fruit is gatheredby the nozzles 38 of the gathering-head by means of suction applied tosaid nozzles, the said nozzles having been elevated, the screen 105 willtravel in the lower grooves 100 of the guides G, and thence upwardthrough the rear connecting-groove 102, since at that time the nozzles38 will be relieved from suction and the fruit will drop therefrom ontothe screen. When, however, the screen reaches the upper grooves 101, asshown in Fig. 3, the brush 106 will be in position to engage with all ofthe nozzles 38 as the screen is drawn outward from the guides, thusclearing the said nozzles from any foreign matter that may adherethereto, and, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1, when the rear or brushend of the screen travels in the upper portion of the rear endconnecting-grooves 104 the screen 105 will be given such an inclinationthat the fruit on the screen will roll into a box or receptacle 115,placed to receive it, as shown in Fig. 1.

With reference to the floating valves 44in the tubes 36 it is moreparticularly explained that said valves serve to prevent the air fromfilling the vacuum cylinder by rushing through those gathering-tubes 36which have not attracted prunes. When suction is applied to thegathering-tubes 36, each tube must be closed by some means, else thevacuum-cylinder would soon be filled with air. Those tubes 36 thatdescend properly on prunes will be closed by the prunes attracted; butshould a tube 36 descend upon the rough surface of a chip or a stone,for example, the air may not be excluded from said tube 36 by thearticle attracted, and when suction is applied such air as the chip orstone cannot exclude drives the float-valve 4A to the upper end of suchgathering-tube and the valve will close the small opening 13 in theupper end of the tube. The floating valves 44 or their equivalents areessential, since without them the vacuum could not be secured longenough to raise the prunes and drop them upon the screen 105 unless eachtube 36 should gather a prune at each operation,which is not likely, asprunes do not completely cover the ground under the trees. The elasticsleeves 37 render the proper contact between the nozzles and the prunesmore certain, as said elastic sleeves enable the nozzles to accommodatethemselves to the position of the prunes when the gathering-tubes 36 arecarried downward. It will be understood that the driving-wheel may beturned in an opposite direction to that indicated in the drawings, iffound desirable.

WVhen the machine is in operation, one attendant will drive the machineto the proper position beside or beneath a tree. The attendant upon themachine will then manipulate the pumps producing vacuum and compression,while a second attendant upon the ground moves the valve mechanism untilthe gathering-head is over a group of prunes and adjusts the head to theprunes.

In the operation of the machine the compressed-air valve 62 should beopened,whereby the suction or gathering tubes 36 are forced downward tothe fruit. This valve is then closed and the'rarefied-air valve 79 isopened through the action of the rod 82, which is released fromthelock-lever 87 when the com pressed-air valve 62 is closed. Thisrarefied-air valve 79 is abruptly opened, and

the suction thereby produced in the lower chamber or duct 30 causes theprunes to be drawn to the ends of the tubes 36 and the floating orsliding valves of the tubes 36 that do not carry prunes to rise. WVhenthe raretied-air valve 79 is opened, the compressedair valve 62 must beclosed, and at that time the upright 13 of the gathering-head isreleased from its latch 16 and said head is raised and relocked in itselevated position. The brush and screen must at this time be pushedunder the gathering head, as has been described, and the rarefied-airvalve 79 is thereupon closed, which causes the prunes to drop to thescreen, as has been stated. At the time that the rarefied-air valve 79is closed the second rarefied-air valve 69 is opened. This action, bycreating suction in the upper duct or chamber 27 of the gathering-head,causes the suction or gathering tubes 36 to be drawn upward, bringingtheir lower ends in the same plane. The rarefiedair valve 69 is thenclosed and the brush and screen are drawn from under the gatheringhead,thus brushing the nozzles or lower ends claim as new and .desire tosecure by Letters.

Patent- 1. In a device for gatheringprunes and other fruits from thesurface of the ground, a series of movable gatherers pneumaticallycontrolled by alternatelyapplied compression and suction.

2. In a device for gathering prunes and other fruit from the surface ofthe ground, a series of movable gatherers pneumatically controlled byapplied compression and suction, guides for the same, a mechanism foreffecting a vacuum and a compression of air, conductors between thevacuum and compressing sections of said mechanism, and means forcontrolling the supply of compressed air and the suction.

3. In a device for gathering prunes and other fruit from the surface ofthe ground, a series of movable gatherers pneumatically controlled byalternatelyapplied compression and suction, guides for the gatherers,pneumatically-controlled valves loosely mounted in said gatherers, anaircompressing and vacuum mechanism, and a controlling mechanism betweenthe compressing and the vacuum compartments of said pneumatic mechanismand the gatherers.

4:. In a device forgathering prunes and other fruit from the surface ofthe ground, a series of movable gatherers pneumatically controlled byalternatelyapplied compression and suction, guides for the gatherers,pneumatically-controlled valves loosely mounted in said gatherers, anaircompressing and vacuum mechanism, tubular connections be tween thecompressing and vacuum compartments of said mechanism, valves located insaid connections, and means for closing one valve as another is opened.

. 5. In a device for gathering prunes and other fruit from the surfaceof the ground, guides for the tubes, and means, substantially asdescribed, for pneumatically raising and lowering the tubes, attractingthe fruit to said tubes and releasing the fruit therefrom.

6. In a device for gathering prunes and other fruit from the surface ofthe ground, a series of gathering-tubes, guides for the tubes, means,substantially as shown and described, for pneumatically raising andlowering the tubes, attracting the fruit to the tubes and releasing thefruit therefrom, and suction-controlling valves mounted to slide in saidtubes, for the purpose specified.

7. A device for gathering prunes and other fruit from the surface of theground, consisting of an adjustable gathering-head, devices for raisingand lowering the said head and maintaining it in adjusted position,gatheringtubes having guided movement in said head, and means forpneumatically raising and lowering the gathering-tubes, attracting fruitto the tubes and releasing the fruit therefrom.

8. In a device for gathering prunes and other fruit, a series ofgatherers, a screen mounted to reciprocate beneath the gatherers,guideways for the said screen, and a brush carried by said screen, thescreen being adapted to receive the fruit from the gatherers and thebrush to clean the fruit-receiving surfaces of the gatherers, asdescribed.

9. In a machine for gathering prunes and other fruit, a gathering-headprovided witha series of gathering-tubes,and means for pneumaticallyattracting the fruit to said gatherers and releasing it therefrom,guides located at each side of the gathering-head, provided with upperand lower grooves in their inner surfaces, said grooves being connectedat their ends, and a screen mounted to slide in the said grooves, forthe purpose specified.

10. In a machine for gathering prunes and other fruit from the surfaceof the ground, the combination, with a gathering-head provided with aseries of gathering-tubes, and means for pneumatically attracting 'fruitto said tubes and for discharging the fruit therefrom, of a guidelocated at each side of the gathering-head independent thereof, eachguide being provided with an upper and. a lower slideway, the slidewaysof each guide being connected at both ends, a gravity-latch located atone end connection of the said slideways, the other end connectionextending beyond the plane of the upper slideway, a screen held totravel in the said slideways, and a brush carried by the said screen, asde scribed.

11. In a device for gathering prunes and other fruit from the surface ofthe ground, a gatheringhead provided with a central cham her and anupper and a lower duct or channel, tubes extending through thebody-chamber from one duct orchannel to the other, tubular gatherersloosely mounted in the said guide-tubes and extending beyond the lowersurface of the gathering head, an air com= pressing and vacuummechanism, and a connection between the air-compressing compartment ofsaid mechanism and the upper duct, connections between thevacuum-compart ment of said mechanism and the upper and lower ducts orchannels, the said connections being provided with valves, and devicesfor closing one valve as a second is opened, as described.

12. In a device for gathering prunes and other fruit from the surface ofthe ground, the combination, with a gathering-head provided with acentral compartment, an upper and a lower duct, and guide-tubesextending from the upper to the lower duct through the centralcompartment and from the lower duct downward beyond the bottom of saidhead, of gathering-tubes loosely mounted to slide in said guide-tubes,each gathering-tube being provided with an aperture at its top, aflexibly-connected nozzle at its bottom and a piston connected with itsupper end, the pis tons being in close engagement with the in ner facesof the tubes, extending within the body-chamber of the gathering-head,valves mounted to slide in said tubes, an air comressin and vacuumroducin mechanism a tubular connection between thecompressing-compartment of said mechanism and the upper duct in thegathering-head, and independent tubular connections between theVacuum-chamber of said mechanism and the upper and lower ducts, andValves located in said tubes, the Valve of one tube being adapted to beclosed when the valve of another tube is opened, for the purposedescribed. 1o

OLIVER STANTON HOOVER. MORRIS TALLY HOOVER.

Witnesses:

JOHN VAN WINKLE, Mrs. J. H. VAN WINKLE.

